A telephone call
Do I want my medals engraved?
49 years late
They were not so keen
To hand out decorations
When the sh*t hit the fan
Just in time to go
On the lid of my coffin
My grateful country
At least HM the Queen
Sends me my pocket money
Regularly…
Bless Her
Copyright © Res JFB 17th October 2012
"But I'm old and I'm nervis.
ReplyDeleteI'm cast from the Service,
And all I deserve is a shillin' a day.
Shillin' a day.
Bloomin' good pay--
Lucky to touch it, a shillin' a day!"
Rudyard Kipling. "Shillin' A Day"